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Grants Pass, a small city of about 40,000 along the Rogue River in the mountains of southern Oregon, has struggled for years to address the homelessness crisis and become emblematic of the ...
Grants Pass has struggled for years to handle the homelessness crisis and has become symbolic of the national debate over how to respond to the issue. Many of the city's parks, in particular, saw ...
Tents set up at a homeless campsite near Grants Pass City Hall on March 25, 2025. Jane Vaughan / JPR Homeless people can’t be cited, arrested or fined for camping in Grants Pass, Oregon, for now.
Grants Pass is a small town of 39,149 people - a prideful, close-knit community that loves when the lights turn on for a Friday night football game. Many have faithfully cheered on the Ducks (or ...
The southern Oregon city made national headlines in 2024, when Grants Pass went to the U.S. Supreme Court to defend its restrictions on homeless people. Seven months ago, the court ruled the city ...
Grants Pass police said the 7th Street site moved to only overnight camping on Jan. 21, allowing people to sleep there from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m., while the other camp site at 755 SE J St. is closed.
Burdoin Fire has destroyed 14 homes, closed Highway 14 and put the community of Lyle on a level 3 "go now" evacuation order.
Grants Pass sued again over ‘objectively unreasonable’ homeless ordinances By Jeremiah Hayden (Street Roots) Jan. 30, 2025 10:22 a.m. Updated: Jan. 30, 2025 5:59 p.m.
Judge bars Grants Pass from taking enforcement action against homeless campers for 2 weeks Updated: Feb. 04, 2025, 1:32 p.m. | Published: Feb. 03, 2025, 12:56 p.m.
A man suspected in the disappearance of his then-girlfriend and recently extradited from California to Oregon has been ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — An Oregon man is facing federal drug trafficking and gun charges after investigators accused him of moving fentanyl through Josephine County. Christopher Smith, 38, of Grants ...